Christiane Rorato
Biography
Christiane Rorato (September 8, 1943 – April 1, 2023) was a French actress and director. She has performed numerous roles in classical and contemporary theater, particularly in the works of Seán O'Casey. She has also appeared in numerous films, including those by René Allio (A Rude journée pour la Reine) and Josée Dayan. In 1998, she directed her first film about the miners of La Mure, Debout dans ce siècle anthracite (Standing in this anthracite century). She then developed a passion for Friuli, where she directed a series of documentaries, the most recent of which, Les oubliés du Transsibérien (The Forgotten of the Trans-Siberian), was released in 2017. Source: Wikipedia
Known For & Full Filmography12 Titles
Drama Series - 1991, 16 episodes • as La mère Trochet
The pragmatic, reserved and refined Maigret investigates murders in his singular unhurried manner and inevitably discovers the truth.
Drama Series - 2005, 16 episodes • as Mère abbesse
A sequence of seven episodes detailing the French monarchy.
Movie - 2002, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A grief-stricken man who just lost his mother has a one night stand with a maid. What he doesn't know is that she's a virgin. He returns to his sad world of perfume business while she, unable to forget her first lover, follows him.
Movie - 2010, 2h 15m • as La taulière du café
Juliette, a mother of wealthy family and a little snobbish, has gradually developed a kind of generalized contempt against his fellows. One day a bunch of little naive thugs manages to remove it. Because it is often obnoxious with his entourage, his family decided not to pay anything for her release. Shocked, Ellie began to join her captors in order to concoct a revenge more expensive. The unsympathetic billionaire turns against her will in a sort of Robin embittered and vengeful wood. Soon, his family is forced to pay more attention to his kidnapping: worrying samples are taken by Juliette, free-spending ...
Movie - 2003, 2h 15m • as Odile
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2009, 2h 15m • as la directrice de la maison de retraite
Finding that her loved ones are neglecting her, Juliette decides to pretend she has amnesia. Her plan works perfectly, and her children finally decide to take care of her. But when she decides to reveal the truth about her condition, her husband decides to move his mistress into their home. Juliette keeps her secret and goes to war against her husband...
Movie - 2001, 2h 15m • as Woman in a Smock
Cet Amour-là is an intimate portrait of a legendary love affair. Set against the beauty of the Breton seaside, it is also a film that revels in the insights that Marguerite Duras' writing affords.
Movie - 1969, 2h 15m • as Secretary
Pierre is a middle-aged factory worker with plenty of unresolved anger. After his father's death, his mother feels compelled to move in with him. Having just moved there with his beautiful girlfriend, he begins to feel the pressure. When the May Day revolt begins, he goes crazy.
Movie - 1972, 2h 15m • as 'La Brunet'
A few years after the revocation of theEdict of Nantes, the Camisards, Protestants from the Cévennes region, mostly peasants and silk workers, formed groups following Gédéon Laporte and fought Louis XIV's dragoons.
Movie - 2012, 2h 15m • as The Mamma
When Elisabeth, a woman of faith, host of a radio show on a Catholic radio station, devoted to her family and the suffering of the world, is confronted with the pedophilia of priests and the suicide of her son, belief gives way to rage and to violence.
Movie - 1973, 2h 15m • as Mathilde
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2002, 2h 15m • as Self
A documentary on the professional and personal affordances of the influential sound engineer Antoine Bonfanti.